ICOS 2017: International Conference on Official Statistics

ICOS 2017: International Conference on Official Statistics International Conference on Official Statistics: Challenges, Opportunities and Future Directions

We are delighted to announce the inaugural international conference on official statistics that aims to bring together academia and practitioners from South East Europe and the world to share their research, good practice and discuss exciting avenues for enhanced use of official statistics for sustainable development. The first conference taking place on 30 and 31 March 2017 will host some of the leading academics from the United States, European Union and the South East Europe. We hope this event will become a biennial gathering that will attract scientists and practitioners from many countries and disciplines to present their research, discuss opportunities and challenges that official statistics is facing, and pave the path for development and modernization of the field, while inspiring and attracting new generations to engage in this exciting work in the in the era of the global data revolution. We look forward to welcoming you to Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina on March 30-31, 2017!

06/04/2017

Foto Vanja Čerimagić

Foto Vanja Čerimagić
06/04/2017

Foto Vanja Čerimagić

06/04/2017

Foto Vanja Čerimagić

Foto Vanja Čerimagić
06/04/2017

Foto Vanja Čerimagić

Foto Vanja Čerimagić
03/04/2017

Foto Vanja Čerimagić

Dear all, is officialy closed.Thank you for participating, we look forward to seeing you next time until then follow ...
31/03/2017

Dear all, is officialy closed.

Thank you for participating, we look forward to seeing you next time until then follow your passion for data!

has officially started today with welcoming speeches from the Dean of School of Economics and Business, prof. dr. Kema...
30/03/2017

has officially started today with welcoming speeches from the Dean of School of Economics and Business, prof. dr. Kemal Kozarić, Ph.D.; the Director of Institute for statistics of FB&H mr. Emir Kremić, Ph.D.; HE Maureen Cormack, Ambassador of United States of America in B&H; and London School of Economics and Imperial College London professor, Nicholas Bingham, Ph.D.

Morning sessions are still in progress, with our sophisticated guests sharing their expertise with packed amphitheater.

Day 2: Afternoon Session 2a: Economic and Finance Statistics. Session moderator is Mrs. Ksenija Dumičić Ph.D. Session t...
28/03/2017

Day 2: Afternoon Session 2a: Economic and Finance Statistics. Session moderator is Mrs. Ksenija Dumičić Ph.D.
Session topics are:
- Economic Accounts as a Tool of Agricultural Policy http://bit.ly/2nwaJW2
- Causal Impact of Public Revenues and Public Expenditures in Republic of Macedonia http://bit.ly/2o1W8Tb
- Forecasting Labour Productivity in the European Union Member States: Is labour productivity changing as expected? http://bit.ly/2nI02QO
- Impact of Small and Medium Enterprises on Gross Domestic Product in Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina for Period 2011-2015 http://bit.ly/2ndvthE
- Government Finance Statistics in Bosnia and Herzegovina: How far have we come http://bit.ly/2ndvVfQ

We will hear more about Issues in Administrative and Social Statistics on the second day of Ye Zhang, Principal Resea...
28/03/2017

We will hear more about Issues in Administrative and Social Statistics on the second day of

Ye Zhang, Principal Researcher at IMPAQ International and Visiting Associate Professor of Economics at Indiana University, is a labor economist with expertise in econometric program evaluation, labor market policy analysis, and applied econometrics. Zhang has more than 13 years of experience in the design and implementation of both experimental and non-experimental evaluations; he has worked on projects in a range of areas, including labor, education, welfare, and international development. More info can be found at: http://bit.ly/2npwNQr

Cesar Cancho is an Economist in the Poverty and Equity Global Practice for the Eastern Europe and Central Asia region. His recent work has focused on poverty measurement issues, fiscal incidence analysis, distributional impact of reforms and analysis of subjective well-being. Prior to joining the World Bank he worked on poverty and social development issues in the Latin American region for the Inter-American Development Bank, the government of Peru and local research centers. Mr. Cancho received his PhD in economics from Texas A&M University. More info about lecture can be found: http://bit.ly/2o5gWcX

On the second day of we'll be talking about Issues in Economic and Financial Statistics. We are more than honored to ...
27/03/2017

On the second day of we'll be talking about
Issues in Economic and Financial Statistics. We are more than honored to welcome following speakers.

Ms. Rosa Ruggeri Cannata is team leader for Macroeconomic imbalance procedure statistics at Eurostat, the statistical office of the European Union. She has worked with sets of policy macro-economic indicators for more than ten years, including Principal European Economic Indicators. For more info visit http://bit.ly/2nYRlC6

Mr. Faya Hayati is working on ECA countries and the development and training of several analytical tools. While at the Bank, he has worked on macro forecasting, debt dynamics and expenditure issues across Indonesia, Europe and Central Asia and globally. For more info visit http://bit.ly/2nFlJkk

Mr. Deon Tanzer is the IMF’s regional advisor on Government Finance Statistics (GFS) at the Center of Excellence in Finance in South East Europe. He advises compilers in various national institutions on how to develop GFS data and data reporting. For more info visit http://bit.ly/2orbUDz

Are you interested in finding out more about Modernization in Official Statistics? Come to the E-net center, 3rd floor S...
24/03/2017

Are you interested in finding out more about Modernization in Official Statistics? Come to the E-net center, 3rd floor School of Economics and Business!
We will hear more about:
- Comparative study of metadata in Official statistics - What has changed since 1905?http://bit.ly/2myU59r
- Modernization of business statistics: Challenges and outcomes of the Slovenian statistical office http://bit.ly/2njUScP
- Possible approach to modernize statistical system of Bosnia and Herzegovina http://bit.ly/2mz4PV5
- Selective editing – New approaches at the Statistical Office of the Republic of Slovenia http://bit.ly/2nLkd0y
- Monitoring and evaluation: Development Indicators http://bit.ly/2nL5xOM
- Utilization of balanced scorecard as a management tool in Statistical Institutes http://bit.ly/2ocXGq4

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